Within the series, Riddick is depicted as having a wide range of skills, including exceptional mobility, stealth, combat abilities, survival in harsh conditions, prison escape, and piloting.

In response, Zhylaw launched an attack on Furya, attempting to massacre all male infants, even personally strangling newborns with their umbilical cords.

At one point, the navigation system suggests a possible course for Furya, but Riddick ultimately leaves Jack and Imam at New Mecca before departing for the planet UV 6.

During this time, Imam learns that his home planet, Helion Prime, is threatened by an impending invasion from the Necromongers, a fanatical religious crusade.

With the assistance of Jack (who has abandoned that name in favor of Kyra while in prison), Riddick ultimately overthrows the Necromonger leader, the Lord Marshal, and assumes his position as the new leader of the Necromongers..[citation needed] Dissatisfied with his role as Lord Marshal, Riddick sets out to find Furya, but instead, he is abandoned on a desolate planet.

According to Riddick, while imprisoned in Butcher Bay, he received eye surgery—referred to as a "surgical shine job"—from a doctor who granted him permanent night vision in exchange for "20 menthol KOOLs" cigarettes.

In the flash movie on the Pitchblack.com website, Riddick undergoes the eye-shine surgery to gain an advantage after encountering humanoids called "shiners," who also possess enhanced night vision.

These "shiners" call Riddick "darkeye" and have had similar surgeries to navigate the dark areas of the Ursa Luna prison, where guards rarely venture.

Riddick chooses to forgo anesthesia for the painful procedure, which involves cutting the cornea and drilling into the eye to inject a reflective substance behind the retina.

The quoted cost is 1000 credits, but having no cash, Riddick offers a pack of KOOL cigarettes as a down payment and takes welding goggles from the facility.

The video game The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, a prequel to Pitch Black, provides additional context.

In the game, after helping a character named "Pope Joe" retrieve his "blessed voice box," Riddick receives stitches for an injury.

This voice belongs to a character named "Shirah," who serves as a spiritual guide, helping Riddick awaken his dormant Furyan abilities.

[3][4] In addition to aiding Riddick in unlocking his eyeshine, the character Shirah helps him discover his ability to unleash a powerful energy wave.

During a pivotal scene, Shirah places her hand on Riddick's chest, leaving a glowing blue handprint, and states, "this mark carries the anger of an entire race... but it's going to hurt."

This formidable energy wave ability is also referenced off-screen in the video game Escape from Butcher Bay.. Shirah's interventions highlight Riddick's latent Furyan powers, which are pivotal in his battles against the Necromongers and other adversaries.

Whether due to his Furyan heritage or rigorous training, Riddick exhibits superior strength, speed, agility, toughness, resistance to injury, acute senses, immense stamina, and rapid healing compared to most humans.

He can dislocate his limbs briefly with minimal discomfort and has demonstrated remarkable pain tolerance, such as when he cauterized a chest wound using a heated rock after being impaled.

For instance, a mercenary team attempting to sedate him with horse tranquilizers required four darts just to slow him down, and he remained conscious until struck on the head.

He effectively uses these skills in various confrontations, such as killing one of the night-creatures in Pitch Black with a makeshift shiv and swiftly defeating a top Necromonger warrior in Chronicles.

He quickly discerns the fate of the original inhabitants of a mining base and identifies blind spots in dangerous situations, such as facing creatures in Pitch Black and deducing the cause of a firefight in The Chronicles of Riddick.

While occasionally surprised by acts of altruism, such as Carolyn Fry's sacrifice in Pitch Black, Riddick generally accurately predicts interpersonal dynamics and potential betrayals.

Despite facing seemingly insurmountable odds in situations where survival or escape appears improbable, Riddick consistently exhibits resilience and determination.

Although Riddick experiences a momentary wavering of his will when Kyra sacrifices herself to save him and help defeat the Lord Marshal, he channels his grief into renewed determination.